Murray Perahia

Perahia is unrivalled in coaxing a subtle dialogue in the dances that resort to the artful pared-back minimalism of the two-part invention. There’s nowhere to hide and Perahia’s effortless variety... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Gramophone Good CD Guide awarded this its highest accolade, denoting "an unrivalled version, a cornerstone of the catalogue", adding that "this is surely the greatest, certainly the richest... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2007 More…

Wonderful performances: delicacy in the Mozart as well as a feel for the Sonata's near-orchestral scale. A magisterial reading of Schubert's Fantasie. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The pulse of the Scherzo is rigorously even, but it has explosive energy; the sheer precisions of the articulation in the finale is a pleasure, as he takes us boldly through its labyrinth of... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

His long experience with Bach's keyboard works gives him a natural point of entry to the Variations on a Theme of Handel, which is taken at quite fast tempos...Yet Perahia never draws attention... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

no other pianist makes Bach’s aria and 30 variations sound as completely at home on the piano – this is a recording that feels utterly natural, both when it comes to the music pouring from Murray... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022 More…

A self-recommending six-disc set...which includes the Gramophone Award-winning disc of the Etudes. As Bryce Morrison said of that disc: 'From Perahia there is order and lucidity at the heart... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2014 More…